Broward County v. Michaelson

The chief judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit for Broward County issued an administrative order providing for a one-time automatic continuance of a traffic or misdemean- or case upon the payment of a $25 reset fee. Broward County enacted an ordinance which implemented the chief judge’s administrative order. Appellee filed a class action suit challenging the validity of the order and ordinance. The trial court certified the class as all individuals or entities who paid the $25 reset fee since June 1, 1992, the date the order became effective. After a nonjury trial, the trial court…